3. Aaron, and Moses] The same order in Exodus vi. 20. Aaron was the elder (Exodus vii. 7).
And the sons of Aaron] So Exodus vi. 23. Nadab and Abihu perished childless; Leviticus x. 1 ff.
⁴Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua; ⁵and Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi; ⁶and Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth; ⁷Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub;
4. Phinehas] Numbers xxv. 7 ff., xxxi. 6; Joshua xxii. 13 ff.
⁸and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz;
8. Ahitub begat Zadok] So also xviii. 16, but wrongly. The assertion that Ahitub was father of Zadok was derived by the Chronicler from 2 Samuel viii. 17, but the text of that passage has undoubtedly been altered (see Commentaries ad loc.) and it read originally “and Zadok, and Abiathar the son of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.” Actually there were two leading priestly families in David’s day represented respectively by Zadok and Abiathar. Of these Solomon deposed Abiathar (thus fulfilling the curse which was laid on the house of Eli, from whom Abiathar was descended—see 1 Kings ii. 27), and thereafter the line of Zadok became the sole representatives of the supreme priestly office. See also the note on xv. 11.
Ahimaaz] 2 Samuel xv. 27, xvii. 17–21, xviii. 19 ff.
⁹and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan; ¹⁰and Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
9. Azariah] This Azariah rather than the Azariah of verse 10 would have been contemporary with Solomon, and therefore the notice attached to the name Azariah in verse 10 (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem) belongs to verse 9. Compare 1 Kings iv. 2.
¹¹and Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub; ¹²and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum[¹];